Improvement in wire picket-fences



2 Sheets-*Sheet 2 J. A. MORRIS. WIRE-PIGKET FENCE,

Patented Jan.11 ,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. MORRIS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE PlCKET-FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,149, dated January 11, 1876; application filed.

' July 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. MoRRIs, of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Iron Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference'marked thereon.

This invention consists, mainly, in providing a wire or rod picket with abent or angular portion, adapted to be interlocked with its tel lows, to secure great strength with light material.

In the drawings, Figilresl, 2, 3, and 5 represent sections of fence having pickets which are interlocked for the purpose of uniting them together.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe fully its construction and manner of operation.

A, Fig. '1, represents the posts of the fence, and B the lower supporting-rail, which is pro vided with suitable holes b, for receiving the ends of the pickets, as shown. 0 represents the upper supporting-rail, consisting of the sections 0 0, each provided with semi-cylindrical recesses upon its inner face, adapted for holding the pickets, as shown. D D rep resent the pickets, constructed of a rod or Wire of suitable size and length, which is bent about itscenter to form the legs (1 d, the latter being provided at proper points with curved or angular portions 61 d, of any suitable conformation.

The manner of constructing the fence is as follows: The posts having been set, and the lower rail and main portion of the upper rail having been secured in place, the first picket is located by driving its ends into the proper openings in the lower rail. The remaining pickets are then properly interlocked and located'in a similar. manner.

When the panel has been completed the removable section of the upper rail is permanentlyfastened in place, by means of which and united to form afence, in connection with proper posts and rails, by any mechanic of ordinary intelligence. I

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of two or more pickets having bent or angular portions, as shown and described, interlocked as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The fence described, having the posts A,

rail B, sectional rail 0, and series of interlocking pickets, as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 15th day of July, 1875.

JAMES A. MORRIS. Witnesses E. P. KELLAM, FRANK L. LITTLE. 

